Harry Potter and the Sleepless Nights

[denny]

This weeks burst of insomnia has at least meant that I had plenty of undisturbed time to read the first few Harry Potter books, which gothslut lent me last week after hearing that I still hadn't read any of them.

I'm mildly disappointed - although perfectly good books, and I wouldn't mind reading the rest if I can borrow them, I can't say that I'd bother buying them. I'm surprised because various people I know who have read them have given them such a glowing recommendation - I was expecting to be more impressed than I am.

I imagine I would have been a great deal more impressed with them when I was a kid - I think the plots and characters are just too simple to really captivate me now. Nothing wrong with them, but they've only left the kind of impression on me that a good TV show might do, rather than the deeper impression a really good book can leave on the mind...

Mind you, the third one was better than the first two, so maybe they pick up as they go on... there's certainly a fair few of them now if I remember rightly?

Comments

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

You *hadn't*?? How and why is this possible?! Elisabeth, you have done the world a service in enlightening the unenlightened.

Unless this is treading on toes, i have the fourth here i think, and if i can find it i will bring it on Wednesday. It's really damn long and has lots of glowing evil gothy Voldemort in. That's not giving away the plot in any way, shape or form, they *all* have Voldemort in.
Well they *are* children's books.

[dennyd.livejournal.com]

Bringing me books is always a Good Thing (tm)  :)